by SpaceKnight of Chaos » Sat Nov 21, 2009 2:21 pm
That's kind of the point I was making. Ranma knows that something like 99% of St. Hebereke's don't know about the two Ranma Saotomes being the same person, but there's still that 1%: if so much as one girl is able to reason that "she" is actually the crossdresser/cursed guy (he does have a reputation as the former thanks to the curse) from Furinkan, she's going to tell everyone else about it, and that will cause a riot. Remember, Ranma is going to be forced to use the girl's bathroom, the girl's showers and the girl's locker room while attending Hebereke: he's going to be living the voyeur's dream. That he won't spy on them, and doesn't want to spy on them, won't matter to the real girls: all they will care about is that there is a boy watching them dress, undress, and take baths. If Ranma's secret comes out at St. Hebereke, he won't be considered a freak like he was at Furinkan, he'll be thrown out, if not lynched! It's in Ranma's best interest to avoid being recognized, which is why I suggested he would use a false name... which also raises the possibility of a lampshade hanging where one "native" asks why she's calling herself, say, Yoiki Hibiki when she called herself "Ranma Saotome" in that match, with Ranma struggling to come up with an explanation.
Water, water, everywhere, and all was cursed and black!
Drowned ones cast bad spell and out come pig, girl, duck, panda!
Swirl, swirl, slithery pond, and join with magic spring!
Swirl, swirl, dirty pond, and rid the cursed sting!
Here my prayer, I beg you please!
Now turn these curses BACK!
http://www.issendai.com/rpgs/japanese-boys-names.shtml
http://www.issendai.com/rpgs/japanese-girls-names.shtml